Button



(No Model.)

J. U. ADAMS.

BUTTON. No. 389,042. I Lflyfi Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrice.

JOHN U. ADAMS, OF NEVV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 389,042, dated September e, 1888.

A nplication filed April 9, 1888.

To aZZ 207mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN U. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in collar-buttons, and it has for its object to improve that class of buttons which are provided with a clamp or clasp; and it consists in the pcculiar construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a collar, showing my de vice clasping the ends thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view ola collar, showing my device in position to clamp the ends thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device removed from the collar with the clasping-disk open, and Fig. i is a similar view with the clampingdisk closed.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, D indicates a disk or head, which is similar to that on the collar-button commonly used, and 0 indicates a stem or shank, which is centrally fixed to one side thereof, as shown.

33 indicates a disk,which I have shown of a diameter slightly greater than the disk D,and is secured centrally to the outer end of the stem 0, the point of attachment being near the upper rear edge of the disk B. It will thus be seen that I form a button somewhat similar to that of the ordinary collar-button, the point of distinction being that the front Serial No. 270,112. (No model.)

disk is eccentrically secured to the stem and the face of this disk is provided with a suitable nuinber ofteelh, F, to co-operate with the clamping disk, as will be presently explained.

A indicates the clamping-disk, which is hinged at one edge to the front edge of the disk B at a point farthest from the stem of the latter. This hinge may be of a form usually employed in pocket-book clasps, its office being to hold the disk A against thedisk B when an article has been interposed between thetwo and the said disk A turned inwardly.

Vvith a device of this character it will be seen that the two facedisks fitting snugly together may be used for such purposes as the ordinary collar-button; but the main object is to have the said disks serve to clamp-an article instead of entering an eye therein, and this is particularly desirable when the collar is too large for the shirt, as the ends may be lapped and clamped.

Having described my in vention, whatI claim is- The improved article herein described,consisting ofthe disk D, the stem 0, secured concentrically thereto,the disk B, having teeth on its outer side and secured at its opposite side eccentrically to the outer end of the stem,and the clamping-disk A, ofa diameter similar to the said disk B, and hinged to the edge thereof at a point farthest from its attachment with the stem, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN U. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. R HUDES, PnRoY D. PARKS. 

